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[Tearex]

Not so fast. You don't know the origins of the investigation.

The FBI’s investigation originated with George Papadopoulos, not Christopher Steele

We’ve known since December 2017 that the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation of the Trump campaign began in July 2016 — months before the FBI was even alerted to the existence of the Steele dossier.
https://www.vox.com/2019/3/22/18277089/fox-news-steele-dossier-lie-trump-witch-hunt

The FBI was aware of the dossier before Downer told the FBI.
VOX wants you to believe it began with Downer who informed the FBI after the FBI was aware of the dossier.

Interestingly, at the time of the Downer/Papadopoulos meeting, the FBI’s Head of Counterintelligence Bill Priestap appears to have visited London. The purpose of Priestap’s visit remains unknown.

Another coincidence to be added into the mix.

In the official version, the FBI was informed on July 22, 2016, of the Papadopoulos/Downer conversation. This was the first time Papadopoulos landed on the FBI’s radar. Just over a week later, on July 31, 2016, the FBI opened a massive Counterintelligence Investigation into an opposing presidential candidate’s campaign based solely on this single conversation.

A conversation that differed little from details contained in the June 20, 2016 Steele Memo the FBI already had in their possession since early July.

The Steele Dossier is nothing more than a collection of standalone documents. By July 30, 2016, the Steele Dossier was 12 pages long and about one-third its final length. It contained a number of serious allegations in addition to the Russian information on Clinton. This information was apparently insufficient to initiate the Trump-Russia Investigation.

But a casual conversation in a London bar worked just fine.
https://themarketswork.com/2018/08/14/george-papadopoulos-alexander-downer-the-opening-of-the-fbi-investigation/